台灣各大學的地理期刊創始自1960年代，從其中地圖論文（包括傳統地圖、航測與遙測、電腦地圖及地理資訊系統）之發表，不只可看出各大學的發展重點，也提供台灣這卅年來地圖學之發展趨勢。從1980年代以來，拜發達的傳播資訊與電腦科技之賜，使得台灣原先緩慢的製圖腳步往前跨了一步，而與世界潮流並駕齊驅。
The geographic journals have been published since the 1960's in Taiwan. From these journals the cartographic articles (including traditional map, air photography and remote sensing, computer mapping as well as geographic information system) not only revealed the developing direction of different key points in each university, but also showed the cartographic developing trend from the 1960's-79. Because of the advancing world's communication and computer technology, since the 1980's, Taiwan has improved the glow step progress of developing their cartography and is now able to keep pace with the world trend.
